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1936 |
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Mabel Dodge Luhan built a home in the late 1920's for her son and his wife. The young couple decided that Taos was not for them, and they moved within a short period of time. After standing vacant for several years, the home was offered by Mrs. Luhan to the Town of Taos to use as a hospital; however, neither the Town nor the County had the capital needed to establish and to begin operating a hospital. Hearing of the offer, a small group of concerned citizens contacted the Archbishop in Santa Fe, to see if an order of nuns would be interested in starting a new hospital in Taos. The Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth from Chicago accepted the offer and the property, and Holy Cross Hospital began to take form.
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1937
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Holy Cross Hospital opened its doors to the public as a 10-bed community hospital.
A new hospital building was constructed in front of the old facility and then connected to it. The number of available patient beds almost tripled, increasing to a total of 28.
After almost 33 years of continuously operating the hospital, the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth sold it to Presbyterian Medical Services of Santa Fe. |
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1976 |
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Taos Medical Services Foundation, a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit, tax-exempt, publicly-supported foundation, was incorporated by a group of local doctors with the intention of raising private funds for the support of Holy Cross Hospital.
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1978 |
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An Intensive Care Unit was added and major improvements were made to the Emergency Room, the Laboratory, and the X-Ray Department. |
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1979 |
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Presbyterian Medical Services sold the hospital to a for-profit corporation based in California.
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1980 |
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To oversee and direct the operations of the hospital.
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1985 |
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Once again, the hospital was sold. This time, the California owners sold it to a Santa Fe real estate holding company to avoid foreclosure.
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1991 |
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The voters in Taos County overwhelmingly passed a 1/2 percent county-wide gross receipts tax to finance a $11,700,000 hospital bond issue for the construction of a totally a new medical complex. |
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1993
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Construction started on the new hospital and in 1994 the county approved and made a second bond issue for $4,100,000 in March to provide the basic furnishings and equipment for the new Hospital. Holy Cross admitted its last patient to the old hospital and its first patient to the new hospital in December. |
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1995 |
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The new hospital opened in mid-January, the Foundation officially launched its $1,125,000 Phase I Fund-Raising Campaign to begin its Long-Range Funding Program.
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2002 |
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Nearly 28,503 square feet of new construction was started onto the existing hospital facility. The hospital facility (60,841 square feet) will also be remodeled in several areas and the expansion made the current Holy Cross Hospital over 89,000 square feet. |
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2005 |
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The expanded hospital Opening Ceremony was held in 2005. |
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